Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Compassionate use of the Chinese experimental COVID-19 vaccine will be restricted to Chinese nationals, the Health Ministry has revealed. The Health Ministry came out on the matter on Tuesday after a letter by the Health Minister, Dr. Ruth Jane Aceng authorizing the importation of 4000 …
Read More »KOPGT suspends work as six staff test positive for Covid-19
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust-KOPGT has suspended its operations after six staff tested positive for COVID-19. The General Manager, David Balironda, says their offices are out of bounds to farmers and staff to allow the six workers to undergo COVID-19 treatment. He says the positive …
Read More »COVID-19: Uganda records 701 new infections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Tuesday recorded its highest cases of COVID-19 after 701 people tested positive for the disease. The cases were part of 5,578 samples that were tested. According to the Ministry of Health, the highest numbers of reported cases were from Kampala with 290 positives …
Read More »Iran’s total COVID-19 cases hit 1,051,374; Turkey reports record daily deaths
Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Iran reported on Monday 10,827 new COVID-19 infections, taking the tally to 1,051,374 in the country. Meanwhile, Turkey’s daily coronavirus deaths rose to a record 203, taking the death toll to 15,103 in the country. Of the newly infected in Iran, 1,691 were hospitalized, …
Read More »Uganda detecting only 10% of COVID-19 infections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 10 to 15 per cent of COVID-19 infections are currently detected in the country according to the ministry of health. At the moment, 4,000 samples are tested on average every day. However, health experts say this figure does not represent the actual number of …
Read More »Scientists concerned about excessive use of concoctions in COVID-19 management
Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The extensive use of herbal concoctions in COVID-19 management in Kalungu district has drawn concern from scientists conducting a Community Survey on the impact of the pandemic. Teams of scientists from the Medical Research Council of Uganda (MRC-U) from the field station in Kyamulubwa Sub …
Read More »It is urgent that Uganda’s presidential candidates sign a Peace Pact
COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | It is high time that Presidential candidates sign an Election Peace Pact with the objective of securing a peaceful General Election due next month. Given the escalating circumstances, formal and informal institutions including: the heads of Government organs such as Judiciary, Parliament and the Executive, must …
Read More »NRM secretary general Kasule Lumumba tests positive for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement party secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the NRM party national treasurer Rose Namayanja, Lumumba tested positive on Saturday, six days after she had been in self isolation following the positive results of her handlers …
Read More »Museveni using COVID-19 to bar opponents from accessing public – Muntu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Mugisha Muntu, ANT presidential candidate has faulted President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for using COVID-19 as a weapon to bar other presidential candidates from getting to be known by the people. Muntu says that if people do not get to know the 10 presidential candidates …
Read More »WHO launches new alliance to combat false information on COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new alliance, the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA), to coordinate actions and pool resources in combating misinformation around COVID-19 pandemic and other health emergencies in Africa. Digital platforms have been flooded with COVID-19-related information since the pandemic …
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